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Commission approves French and Italian aid to Eurocopter and Agusta Westland

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Italy
  • -
  • March 13 2012

On 7 March 2012, the European Commission announced that it has decided to approve state aid granted by France and Italy to the helicopter manufacturers Eurocopter and Agusta Westland for the development of a new generation of civil helicopters

Cooperating in cartel investigations: no half-measures

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • October 6 2011

The EU General Court recently upheld a European Commission decision in which it fined Deltafina and its parent company 54 million for participation in a cartel in the Italian tobacco sector

Commission approves reintroduction of Italian credit institution guarantee scheme

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • December 16 2011

On 15 December 2011 the European Commission approved the reintroduction of state guarantees by the Italian government in favour of credit institutions

Deltafina & Alliance one appeal general court ruling in Italian raw tobacco cartel

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • January 31 2012

On 28 January 2012, details were published in the Official Journal of appeals made by Deltafina and Alliance one

Daily bulletin - 8 February 2010

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 8 2010

The European Commission (“Commission”) is to review structural remedies offered by the Italian energy company ENI

Daily bulletin - 29 March 2010

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 29 2010

26 March 2010, the European Commission (the "Commission") closed its investigation into a potential breach of Article 101 in the planned "Baltic Max Feeder" scheme for feeder vessel owners, following confirmation that the scheme had been abandoned

Commission requires Italy to recover 18 million incompatible state aid for Czech Airlines

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • February 25 2011

On 23 February, the Commission found that aid granted by Italy to zinc and lead producer Portovesme, ILA, a manufacturer of processed aluminium products, and aluminium producer Eurallumina in the form of subsidized electricity prices is incompatible with EU state aid rules and needs to be recovered

Commission settlement opens up access to Italy’s natural gas market

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • October 1 2010

On 29 September 2010, the European Commission ("Commission") settled antitrust proceedings against ENI SpA ("ENI"

ECJ upholds ruling that Italian social security state aid scheme breached state aid rules

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • June 20 2011

On 9 June 2011, the ECJ dismissed appeals against a General Court ruling which dismissed actions to challenge a Commission decision that found that an Italian aid scheme granting relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia was incompatible with the internal market

Commission starts court action against Italy for failing to recover 295 million euros in aid to Alcoa.

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • March 29 2011

On 23 March, the Commission said it planned to take Italy to court for failing to recover 295 million in alleged state aid that it provided to Alcoa Inc. in preferential electricity tariffs